Reel attachment



J. F. WTLKENS.

REEL ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION man FEB. 18, 1919.

1,33 1,304. Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

7 x I I affozucq mean STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FRANCIS WILKENS,

CF EZILLSBORQ, OREGON.

REEL ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FRANCIS lVILnnNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hillsboro, in the county of .Vashington and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reel Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention comprehends generally improvements in that class of inventions known as harvesters and more particularly relates to a reel attachment.

It is the primary aim and object of this invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character designed to be attached to each slat of reel of a binder and during the rotation of the reel the outer flexible engaging portion will press the short grain up close against the sickle thereby preventing a waste of short grain while owing to the flexible nature of the outer engaging portion the latter will not interfere with the actuation of the sickle nor be injured thereby.

More particularly the present invention consists in the provision of a device of the above mentioned character embodying a plurality of slat extensions while acting in c011- junction therewith is suitable means for detachably clamping the invention on the slats.

The invention also embraces the provision of a device of the above mentioned character wherein each slat extension is desirably composed of an attaching body designed to receive a flexible element serving in eflect as the extension proper.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited the provision of a device of the above mentioned character wherein the number of parts are comparatively few, the const uction simple, the cost of oroduction low and the efficiency high.

Gther objects, as well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of this invention will be more readily apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims, forming a part of this specification.

A The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a harvester reel showing the slat extensions attached thereto,

Specification of Letters Patent.

grain on the platfori Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Application filed February 18, 1919. Serial No. 277,715.

Fig. 2 is an elevational detail of one of the xtensions, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional detail thereof.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings there is illustrated a harvester reel 1, to each of the slats 2 of which is secured one of the improved extensions generally designated by the numeral 3 desirably through the instrumentality of a clamp generally designated 1-.

In the present instance, each extension may be said to consist of an attaching body 5 in the form of a strip of suitable material such as wood which is provided along the outer side edge with an inwardly extending longitudinal groove 6 while receivable in the groove is the improved flap 7 which constitntes the extension proper and which is desirably formed of flexible material such as three-ply roofing or rubberized fabric such as is used in the automobile tire casing, the flap being preferably anchored in the body through the instrumentality of fasteners such as nails 8 driven in from opposite sides of the body as shown in Fig. 3.

Each of the improved clamps 4 in the present instance may be said to consist of a yoke body or frame 9, one arm of which has its terminal bent inwardly and formed with a stationary clamping jaw 10 while the opposite arm is formed with an opening through which is adjustably mounted a thumb-screw 11 the inner end of which has swiveled thereto the movable jaw 12, positioned opposite the jaw 10 and desi ned to contact therewith in releasably clamping the attaching body 5 against the side of one of the slats 2 in such a manner that the flexible flap will form the extension for each slat 2.

In use, the reel 1 acting in the usual manner coacts with a sickle (not shown) and in the operation or rotation of the reel the flexible naps are designed to engage short grain which would otherwise be missed and wasted and presses the short grain against the sickle to insure of the cutting thereof and the ultimate depositing of this short (not shown) of the binder while owing to the flexible nature of the flap the latter will not interfere with the operation of the sickle nor be injured thereby.

It is believed in'view of the foregoingdeily apparent. 7

Still further embodiments of the invention than those herein especially defined may be resorted to as conditions or preference may dictate, as may be in keeping with thehereto appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, whatis claimed-as new, and desired to be secured by'Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a harvester reel, having a plurality of slats, of an attachment comprising a longitudinally 'slottedfstrip, adapted to be arranged in coextensive contacting relation to each of said slats, a fiexi-V ble flap engaged in the slot in said strip and coextensive therewith, aiplurality of yokes bridging said slats and strips, stationary and movable jaws cooperative with the yoke and engaging said slat and strip.

2. The combination with a harvester reel,

having a plurality of slats, of an attachment comprising a longitudinally slotted strip,

and engaging said slat and strip, and-fasteners securing the fiexiblefiaps in the slot in sald strip. r

In testimony whereoi fl affix my signature hereto. a V p g V JOHN FRANCIS WILKENS. 

